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...Fracking is a modern technique to explore naturalgas through a controversial procedure. The controversy about scientific evidence for the impact of fracking has raged unabated for over a decade. It has now become one of the most popular debates between the supporters of Greenpeace or environmentalists and the energy companies. Now it’s a centrepiece of discussion in the context of the energy solution and considered as a really important source of energy by last few decades. Recent developments in the field of naturalgas have led to a renewed interest in fracking. Energy seekers support a lot of arguments for their strength at the same on their counterparts. However, this essay will give a brief overview of the history, process, the benefits and the drawbacks of fracking within next few paragraphs below;
Fracking is a stimulating process used by the energy company to initiate extra pressure in a producing formation to speed up the flow of gas more smoothly into the wellbore from the pocket of thousand feet deep underground rock. Moreover it can be used to remove natural obstacles to the flow of fluids by million gallons of water with various chemicals and sand with an ultimate pressure injection to the wellbore. Growth of microorganism can be protected by water and other additives like biocides. Fracture can be...

...energy called naturalgas, found deep within the Earth’s crust. Commercials created by these companies state that naturalgas is easy retrieve, cheap and clean burning. However, these commercials fail to explain that one of the processes of retrieving naturalgas, or hydraulic fracturing, is extremely harmful to the environment.
Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, is the process of injecting millions of gallons of water into the ground to crack shale rock around a gas well. When the shale rocks around the wells are cracked, it allows naturalgas, specifically methane, to flow into the wells. To fracture the shale rock, the water injected into the ground has to be at a very high pressure and is loaded with sand and about 40,000 gallons of 600 different dangerous chemicals. Once the naturalgas has flown into the underground well, it can be extracted and stored in tanks above ground to later be used as an energy source.
Fracking for a source of energy is occurring all over the United States. Several masses of shale rock are all over the county, such as the Mancos shale in Utah and Colorado; the New Albany shale in Illinois and Kentucky; and the largest shale in the country, the Marcellus Shale. The Marcellus Shale stretches over Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, West Virginia, Kentucky...

...Essay #2-Is Fracking Beneficial To Society
Jordan Pasta
GNED 1203-003
November 30th, 2012
Is Fracking Is Beneficial To Society
The subject that I found most interesting during the course was our discussion on Fracking. Is it ultimately beneficial to the society we live in or has it destroyed our natural environment. These are the questions that need to be answered. I will try to determine some of the aspects that might make it potentially dangerous and yet potentially highly economical and beneficial to North Americas vast resource system. What is fracking? Well; it gets its name from “Hydraulic Fracturing,” and this is the process by which fossil fuels, usually naturalgas or petroleum, are extracted from the earth. During this process, drilling from a well into hard shale rock takes place, and then that rock is cracked. This cracking releases the fossil fuels inside the shale rocks. Water, sand and chemicals are injected into the cracked rocks at high pressure. Ultimately the injection forces the gas or oil to flow out of the well(CNN 2012). The whole process of just developing a well typically takes between 3-5 months but this investment could eventually produce naturalgas or oil for the 20-40 years(Marathon Oil 2012) . Close to 87% of worldwide fracking is done in North America although the government...

... 5/10/14
HDEV 105 Fracking Reflection
The final presentation of the semester taught me a lot about fracking and the issues associated with it. Fracking is a process in which liquid mixed with sand and chemicals get injected underground at a high pressure into a wellbore to make it easier to extract the gas and oil which we use every day. Fracking is controversial because while there are many economic benefits to it, there are also many environmental concerns that come along with it. I believe the environmental concerns outweigh the economic benefits and fracking should not be allowed to take place anywhere in the country. We have enough environmental problems without having to worry about the affects fracking has on the environment.
The economic benefits of fracking include the high amounts of hydrocarbons that would not otherwise be easily extracted from the ground. Extracting these can lead to oil prices decreasing in the long run and a higher supply of domestic fuel. Without fracking, approximately 45% of naturalgas that we get domestically will be unattainable. While these benefits seem extremely promising, the environmental issues fracking causes are too devastating for it to be allowed.
Environmental effects of fracking are contaminated water,...

...What's the Fracking Problem?
W hy does everyone care so much about naturalgas? Why is it such an essential part of modern culture? Sure, it's an exciting and up and coming technology, which is fuel for the technological generation that we've grown up in, but we need to take a closer look to see the methods and impacts that could affect generations after us.
Water is one of our important resources that were given to us by mother nature. We see water as a source for survival and many more advantages. It's fragile, and the smallest amount of contaminants could ruin it for a population, yet one of the major ingredients in fracking processes is the water. Reports of accidents involving water contamination are everywhere. The basic process of fracking is its uses of incredible amounts of gallons of water per drill and drilling so close to groundwater sources risk contamination. "Accidents have already been documented and citizen's well waters have been tainted with toxic chemicals", according to the Climate Progress. (Foster) Many of the chemicals used in the fracking process are proven toxins. These include benzene, ethyl-benzene, toluene, xylene, naphthalene, and other hazardous chemicals that are harmful if any contact is made.
For these reasons, fracking in the United States should be halted. All around the United States, there are areas where the drilling takes place....

...13 Dec 2012
GasFrackingNaturalgas is extremely useful in our lives. We need natural gases to heat our houses and use microwave ovens, conventional ovens and stovetops. Because the economy currently isn’t well off – and hasn’t been recently – natural gases are now in higher demand for cheaper prices. Oil and gas drilling facilities are now making it possible for natural gases to be sold at extremely cheap prices and accessible amounts through the process of hydraulic fracturing. Before, the United States had to import energy sources, but now, thanks to hydraulic fracturing, the United States can export energy.
Modern hydraulic fracturing is a process that involves constructing a drill pad and then drilling vertically downwards for thousands of meters. Then the drilling continues horizontally for thousands of meters. Originally, when hydraulic fracturing began in the mid-twentieth century, it only involved vertical drilling. It was not until the vertical drilling process collaborated with horizontal drilling that the “real fracking boom” occurred, because then, more gas was extracted (Ehrenberg 20).
As the Bloomsberg Businessweek News reports, hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as gasfracking, “injects millions of gallons of water mixed with sand and chemicals into wells to crack the shale and...

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Fracking
Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, is the process of removing once unattainable naturalgas from shale formation deep underground.
The fracking process was developed by Halliburton in the 1940s as a technique to stimulate gas well production. Vertical holes are drilled deep into the subsurface of the ground, and horizontal extensions are drilled at the bottom of the well at an average depth of 8000 feet. Once the holes are drilled, water is mixed with chemicals and sand then pumped at high pressures into the wells. This process requires 2 to 9 million gallons of water. The high pressures cause the water to break open underground sedimentary rock to free the naturalgas trapped inside (Fracking).
There is a lot of excitement and disagreement surrounding this issue. Fracking creates many new jobs, helps with dependence of foreign energy, and is a source of cheap fuel. However, there are also some environmental concerns such as ground and air pollution. Most of these problems can be overcome by improved regulation and superior engineered wells. Because our country is in dire need of jobs and energy independence, the economic benefits of fracking outweigh the environmental anxieties.
There are many economic benefits to be gained from fracking. For example,...

...The current practice of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) began in America in the late 1990‘s and has been wreaking havoc on the land and the lives of the American people since. In case you are unaware, fracking is the process well diggers use to extract naturalgas and oil from the earth. They use pressurized mixture of water, sand, and chemicals to form veins (or fractures) in the rock in order for the naturalgas or oil to escape.
Although this process is an affective way to produce the natural resources from the earth, there are repercussions that are being ignored by the well companies. For instance, there were several private wells in Dimock, Pennsylvania contaminated with methane caused by the fracking done by Cabot Oil and Gas. The people living off these wells were not able to use their water. Although the gas company denied any kind of fault, they compensated the residents financially and built a new pipeline to bring clean water in. In December, 2011 the EPA sent out letters to the residents telling them their water was safe to drink. But in January of 2012 the EPA retracted its position and told the gas company to immediately take care of the problem.
Another problem that has developed due to fracking is pollution around the dig sites. Emissions associated with combustion include nitrogen...